Respondent Virginia McCullough is fully-conversant with
the details the PAN AM Fl. 103 crash, and knowledgeable about CIA drug
smuggling operations which were a major factor in the tragedy.

Former DIA agent Lester Coleman, unsurprisingly, was
recently incarcerated on bogus charges as a way to shut him up, after he
blew the whistle on massive CIA drug smuggling activity directly responsible
for certain airport security anomalies/breeches, which enabled explosives
to be smuggled aboard Fl. 103. The plane blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland
in December 1988.

Coleman's crucial statements on the CIA drug smuggling
have now been corroborated by a PAN AM baggage handler based in Frankfurt,
Germany named Roland O'Neill.

Palestinian terrorists based in Germany penetrated the
CIA drug operations, and switched a bag containing drugs to be smuggled
with one containing Semtex explosives. the rest is history--a history of
270 innocent human beings blow to shreds in an incident of horrendous brutality--all
made possible by the filthy international drug dealing of OUR Central Intelligence
Agency!

I think it is very important to present a "full"
and complete picture of Lester K. Coleman in order to understand why he
is so important to understanding "the big picture". To that end
I am going to type in an article about Coleman from the London Times dated
Monday, July 22,1991. The article carries no byline and reads as follows:

US DRUGS STING 'GAVE PAN AM BOMBER COVER'

The London Times 7-22-91

A former American intelligence officer who worked for
a secret unit, four of whose members have been killed, in hiding abroad
because of allegations he has made about the Lockerbie bomb disaster.

Lester Knox Coleman, formerly with the Defense Intelligence
Agency (DIA) is a key witness behind allegations that negligence on the
part of the US government led to the placing of a bomb on board Pan Am
flight 103 which exploded over Lockerbie in Scotland on December 21, 1988,
killing 270 people.

Mr. Coleman, aged 47, worked until May 1990 with the
secret unit Middle East Collection 10 (MC10). For most of his six years
with the DIA he was in Cyprus, running a network of agents in Beirut, whose
mission was to find American hostages held by extremists. Two senior MC10
members, were Matthew Kevin Gannon and Major Charles Dennis McKee. Both
were on flight 103 and had just returned from a mission in Beirut. Also
on board was Khaled Nazir Jaafar, a Lebanese agent for the American Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Mr. Coleman was a unique insight into DIA and DEA operations
in the Middle East because he worked for both organizations in Cyprus.
While still a DIA agent -- usually paid in travelers cheques sent from
the Luxembourg branch of the now collapsed Bank of Credit and Commerce
International (BCCI) -- he was seconded twice to the DEA, from February
to September 1987 and April to May 1988.

According to an affidavit by Mr. Coleman given to Pan
Am lawyers in Brussels on April 17 this year [1991], the DEA, with the
narcotics squad of the Cypriot national police, the German BKA police and
British customs, ran a "drugs sting operation" through Cyprus
and airports in Europe including Frankfurt. It involved delivering heroin
from the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon to the United States, particularly to
Detroit, Houston and Los Angeles, where there are large Lebanese communities.

The explanation for this operation, which was officially
codenamed Khourah, was provided by Ronald Caffrey, acting assistant administrator
of the operational division of the DEA, in a US government submission dated
March 20 this year [1991]. He said the drugs operation was "a controlled
delivery".

His statement said: "In a controlled delivery, a
law enforcement agency permits and monitors shipment of contraband, including
drugs, to move from a source or transit location to its intended destination.
Use of this technique is sometimes essential to enable law enforcement
agencies to identify and arrest high-ranking members of trafficking organizations,
rather than simply arrest low level couriers."

Mr. Coleman, with his knowledge of this type of operation,
believes that flight 103 was being used by the DEA as a "controlled"
flight in which Khaled Jaafar, a DEA courier, was allowed to carry his
luggage through Frankfurt without being subject to normal security checks.
He knew Jaafar was one of many agents involved in drug operations.

In a telephone conversation last October with a BKA officer
in charge of investigations at Frankfurt Rhein-Main airport, Mr. Coleman
said he was told that BKA had "serious concerns" that a US drugs
sting operation out of Cyprus had been used by terrorists to place the
bomb on flight 103, by switching bags.

According to reports last year, the security of flight
103 had already been compromised by a mysterious man with an American accent
using the pseudonym David Lovejoy, who had reportedly telephoned the Iranian
embassy in Beirut on December 20, 1988, the day before the Lockerbie flight,
to tip them off that US agents Gannon and McKee would return from a mission
in Beirut to the US on flight 103.

Mr. Coleman said: "Individuals involved in drug
sting operations would arrive at Larnaca (in Cyprus) on the ferry from
Jounich (in Lebanon) and be escorted by officers of the Cypriot national
police to the offices of Eurame Trading Company in Nicosia, a DEA proprietory
company." Mr. Coleman saw Khaled Jaafar on at least three occasions
in the Eurame offices and knew him to be a DEA courier.

The DEA has denied it was involved in a drugs sting operation
at any time around the Lockerbie incident. But James Shaughnessy, lead
counsel for Pan Am, said in his latest affidavit dated May 3 [1991]: "The
DEA's denial is incredulous....simply false." Pan Am's affidavit refers
to a telephone conversation between a senior officer of British customs'
investigations branch and Michael Jones of Pan Am Corporate Security in
London in which he asked: "Have you considered a bag switch in Frankfurt
due to the large amounts of Turkish workers?"

The Beirut end of MC10 had been "blown". There
were five key members of the MC10 cell in Cyprus and Beirut, according
to Mr. Coleman. Apart from Mr. Coleman there were Werner Tony Asmar, a
German Lebanese, Charlie Frezeli, a Lebanese army officer, and two more
Lebanese who worked with Asmar. Asmar was killed in a bomb explosion at
his office in east Beirut on May 26, 1988. Frezeli was shot dead at his
home in east Beirut in November 1989. When Asmar was killed, the DIA ordered
Mr. Coleman home.

Those, like Mr. Coleman and the Pan Am lawyers who are
convinced there is a link between the Lockerbie bomb and "Operation
Khourah" were not helped by the so-called Aviv report, which claimed
that a rogue CIA unit permitted the bags switch, knowing it contained a
bomb. The report, produced by Isaeli investigator Juval Aviv was discredited.
Now, however, a judge in a US court has ruled that the US government must
produce all relevant documents relating to the practice of drugs sting
operations through Frankfurt and elsewhere in Europe. _____

END OF ARTICLE

It is VERY important to read the preceding article closely
and then re-read it again. Next one must compare the information in the
article to an affidavit Coleman introduced in Adversary Proceeding No.
86-0069 in the case entitled INSLAW, INC, plaintiff V. USA and the USA
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE in the United States District Court for the District
of Columbia.

The affidavit reads as follows:

I, LESTER K. COLEMAN, being duly sworn do hereby state
as follows:

1. I am currently self-employed as a freelance writer,
editor, and security consultant. I am a United States citizen and am temporarily
residing outside of the United States.

2. In November 1984, the Defense Intelligence Agency
(DIA) offered me a position in human intelligence operations in the Middle
East. I was raised in the Middle East, where I lived in Iran, Libya and
Saudi Arabia. I speak three dialects of Arabic and some Farsi. I accepted
the position and received training from the DIA. I was assigned to a Middle
East intelligence unit.

3. Between February and September 1987, I was seconded
by DIA to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Nicosia, Cyprus,
reporting to the DEA Country Attache, Michael T. Hurley.

4. After a cover assignment in the United States, I was
again seconded to the DEA in Nicosia, Cyprus, in early 1988.

5. During April and May 1988, I worked in the offices
of EURAME Trading Company, Ltd., in Nicosia, Cyprus, a DEA proprietary
company. On or about May 29, 1988, because of my concern about poor security
in the DEA operation in Cyprus, I returned to the United States, having
previously obtained the concurrence of the DIA.

6. During my two stints as a DIA covert intelligence
officer seconded to the DEA in Nicosia, Cyprus, I became aware of the fact
that DEA was using its proprietary company, EURAME Trading Company, Ltd,
to sell computer software called PROMISE or PROMIS to the drug abuse control
agencies of various countries in the Middle East, including Cyprus, Pakistan,
Syria, Kuwait and Turkey.

7. I personally witnessed the unpacking at the Nicosia,
Cyprus, Police Force Narcotics Squad of boxes containing reels of computer
tapes and computer hardware. The boxes bore the name and red logo of a
Canadian corporation with the words "PROMISE" or "PROMIS"
and "Ltd" in the company name.

8. The DEA objective in inducing the implementation of
this computerized PROMIS[E] system in the drug abuse control resources
available to the United States Government by making it possible for the
United States Government to access sensitive drug control law enforcement
and intelligence files of these Middle East governments.

9. It is also my understanding that third-party funds
were generally made available for the purchase of these computer software
and hardware systems. One third-party funding source was the United Nations
Fund for Drug Abuse Control in Vienna, Austria.

10. As DEA Country Attache for Cyprus, Michael T. Hurley
had overall responsibility for both the EURAME Trading Company, Ltd, and
its initiative to sell PROMIS[E] computer systems to Middle East countries
to drug abuse control.

11. In 1990, DEA reassigned Hurley to a DEA intelligence
position in Washington State.

12. I became aware in 1991 that Michael Riconosciuto,
known to me as a long-time CIA asset, was arrested in Washington State
by DEA for the manufacturing of illegal chemical drugs. I had also become
aware of the fact that Riconosciuto made a sworn statement, prior to his
arrest, about his participation in a covert U.S. intelligence initiative
to sell INSLAW's PROMIS to foreign governments.

13. In light of Hurley's personal involvement in the
U.S. Government's covert intelligence initiative to sell PROMIS[E] software
to foreign governments and his reassignment to a DEA intelligence position
in Washington State in advance of the DEA's arrest of Riconosciuto, the
arrest of Riconosciuto should be regarded as suspect. I do not believe
that Hurley's posting to a drug intelligence position in Washington State
in advance of Riconosciuto's arrest on drug charges in merely coincidental.
Rather, the probability is that Hurley was reassigned to Washington State
to manufacture a case against Riconosciuto in order to prevent Riconosciuto
to become a credible witness about the U.S. Government's covert sale of
the PROMIS software to foreign governments.

14. The investigative journalist Danny Casolaro contacted
me in Europe on August 3, 1991. Mr. Casolaro had leads and hard information
about things that I know about, including Department of Justice groups
operating overseas, the sale of PROMIS[E] software by the U.S. Government
to foreign governments, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI),
and the Iran/Contra scandal. I subsequently learned of Mr. Casolaro's death
in Martinsburg, West Virginia, one week later, on August 10, 1991. I contacted
INSLAW in October 1991, after learning about Mr. Casolaro's death under
suspicious circumstances.

FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NOT. Signed by Lester K. Coleman

This, then, was Danny Casolaro's Octopus. Casolaro had
been interviewing Michael Riconosciuto since approximately May of 1990;
Casolaro had also met with and interviewed Michael's wife, Bobbie. Both
Riconosciutos had told Casolaro the same thing they have repeatedly told
me about the downing of Pan Am 103. Michael Roconosciuto claimed to be
an intelligence officer monitoring the hostage situation in Iran staying
at the apartment of Robert Booth Nichols and Ellen Hopko Nichols located
near the Nicosia, Cyprus airport. This group of people, according to Michael,
were also involved in the "controlled drug operation" run by
the DIA. Riconosciuto stated that they were paid with unsigned BCCI travelers
checks. Shortly before the Lockerbie crash Riconosciuto returned to his
home in Oregon. He knew that the McKee team would be returning to the United
States to "blow the whistle" on the drug operation run by George
W. Bush. Riconosciuto told me that when the warning came to the unit in
Nicosia that there might be a bombing of Pan Am #103, Robert Booth Nichols
told Rinconosciuto that he would change the reservation for the McKee team
to another flight, just as FBI agent Revell's son had done. The night of
the Lockerbie crash, Bobbi Riconosciuto was watching the television with
their children when she learned of the crash and heard that the McKee team
went down with others on board. She woke Michael up and told him. Michael
broke from Robert Booth Nichols from that point forward because he held
Nichols responsible for betraying the McKee team.

Robert Booth Nichols became the key source for Danny
Casolaro who had contacted Lester K. Coleman seven days before his murder
in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Nichols stated, in a lawsuit against the
FBI and FBI agent Thomas Gates, that he has had no source of income for
the past twenty+ years and yet his concealed weapons permit shows that
he maintains many residences around the world. Sam Giacana was Nichols
business partner and it is rumored that his mentor is the head of Yakuza
in Hawaii. Nichols' lawsuit was sustained by a declaration submitted by
the former head of the LA FBI, Ted Gunderson. Gunderson has stated to me
and others that he owes his life to Nichols because he called off a mob
hit on Gunderson. Gunderson also states that he is nothing but a private
investigator but documents out of his own files show his intelligence connections.

270 people were killed on Pan Am 103 and the United States
government is continually silencing witnesses who could tell the truth
about what happened. Lawyers who hold the Coleman documents out for ransom,
judges to use the law to torture and imprison individuals who would expose
the intelligence prostitutes who whore for drugs, arms, power and money,
and an apathetic public are the ones who are responsible for the murder
of those who died at Lockerbie. Let Lester K. Coleman testify. Let Michael
Riconosciuto testify. MAKE Robert Booth and Ellen Hopko Nichols testify.
FORCE Michael T. Hurley to testify. MAKE THEM TELL THE TRUTH!! If the families
of the victims want to really know what happened they should demand the
head of Danny Casolaro's Octopus.

Les called today expressing a need for reassurance that
we have not given up on him. I told him to rest assured. His attorney (Mike
Meehan) has contacted his doctor and arrangements have been made to get
him his meds tonight. Meehan anticipates that Les will be moved to NY soon
to appear before Judge Thomas Platt on Thursday (4/20).

Les tells me that he shares a cell with two others and
that they are not treated very well.

Spoke with Ian Fergeason's wife who is making arrangements
to forward me articles that appeared in a Glasgow newspaper. I will post
them as they're received.

As yet unable to locate an address for Judge Platt. He
is not listed as a judge in the Southern District Courts of NY. Will try
to find an address in the Eastern District Courts. If any of you can do
this quicker than I, go ahead.

I could also use help contacting Pacifica Radio (1-800-735-0230)
based somewhere on the West Coast. The contacts there are Amy Goodman and
Maria Carrion. Have left messages, but without a call back thus far.

By tomorrow, I should have a letter drafted out and will
post it. Your letter should be RESPECTFUL but TO THE POINT. The main point
being that Les has a family to care for and poses no threat to society
at large. Throwing him into a federal prison is cruel given his circumstances;
particularly since he is trying to appeal the perjury conviction, having
pleaded guilty under duress. Also, Les still suffers the physical and emotional
effects of his stay in the New York federal prison a few years ago, for
which he requires treatment.

Let lawyers argue the legal points with Platt. Stick
to the HUMAN SIDE OF HIS STORY, which is compelling in and of itself. Don't
threaten Platt or wag your finger under his nose. That won't help Les.
As I said, I will draft a letter which you are welcome to use as a template.

Just so that you know what sort of person Platt is, however,
click on the following url:

http://www.copi.com/octopus/PlAttitude.html

This is apparently about a complaint filed against Platt
for his decisions and specious reasoning in several cases, one of which
was Les's case. This is a federal judge who has demonstrated contempt for
basic human rights as well as the law of the land. How can this be? I think
we all know.

Blessings to you. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT EVERY LETTER COUNTS.
The greater our show of support, the better for Les in the long run.

"Doretta

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